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Studio C: Getting Started

All audio signals from the Macintosh are routed into the the Yamaha DM1000 digital mixer via an optical line out card. You will need to make sure system preferences on the mac are set to the right output, and also that the mixer has the right settings.

Sound

Start by getting any kind of a audio signal playing from the mac (I go with pandora or itunes).

Now Look at the mixer. Try selecting Layer Channels 17-32, and raise the first two channel sliders. If that doesn’t work, read on...

Press the “Scene” Button on the bottom right of the Desplay Access set of buttons. From there make sure that “5 MAC PRO PLAYBACK” is selected. Use the scroll wheel to select this preset, and either press “enter” near the scroll wheel, or “recall” in the “scene memory” section in the bottom right corner near the screen.

Next, Select Layer “17-32”, in the white area on the right side of the mixer near the scroll wheel.
Raise channels one and two on the mixer sliders.

You should now be hearing sound. Please refer to “Troubleshooting Sound” if you are not.

Visuals:

The MacPro in Studio C has two displays for your use in addition to the main screen.

To activate the Samsung Flatscreen, use the Remote Control on the desk to power it up. This display is really good for video editing. It should automatically load.

The Wacom Tablet. Power on using the button on top of the screen. This screen Is a touchscreen table for use with the associate pen. This is really useful for repetictive tasks, like drawing patches in isadora. It too should automatically load as a display.

As a default, tapping with the pen is a click, holding the pen to the surface is dragging. The two buttons on the pen act as double click and right-click, recpectively.

If either of these are not working, please refer to “Toubleshooting Visuals”.

Make sure to power off the displays before leaving the room.

Note: Sometimes, when the displays are off, the computer will still recognize them as operational, and it will allow the mouse to move thorugh to them. This can result in “losing the mouse”. There is nothing in the bottom left of the main screen, so drag the mouse down and to the left to try to find it again.

Software

The Studio C bundle is different than the rest of CCRMA in that it offers several additional options for video and audio production.

Now see what happens when you change th value coming ut of the osc listener. Imagine the possibilities of realtime video!

Use Policies

Make sure to turn of monitors, log out, and leave the room clean. Users with the room reserved ahead of time have preference to those who do not.

Troubleshooting Sound

Okay, so you're not getting sound yet. Lets get into the nitty gritty.

Start with the Computer:

Mac => System Preferences => Sound
Make sure that HSDPe AIO (Slot-3) is selected for Output and Input

Now open Applications => HDSP Mixer. Click “View” => “Matrix” It should look like this:

Make certain that A1 and A2 are selected for Out1 and Out2.
You should see the meters going now. Sound is 100% going out of the mac now. If you don’t see any info in the meters, check that the volume of your source program isn’t mute or something. Now raise channels 17 and 18 on the Yamaha, along with the master. Got It? Great. If not, continue.....